Butkovitch joins Development faculty
By Jennifer Morgan
News Writer
Notre Dame recently named John Butkovich to the position of assistant director of planned giving at Notre Dame.
Planned giving is the branch of the Development Office that deals with deferred gifts, such as those given in trusts or wills.
"The whole development process is a sophisticated approach based on relationships — giving people the opportunities to participate in what Notre Dame is about," Butkovich said.
Butkovich's new responsibilities will include meeting with University alumni and supporters around the country while assisting in projects of the Badin Guild, the University's honorary recognition society for planned giving benefactors. Father Steven Badin was Notre Dame's first benefactor who signed the deed for the University's property in 1832. Butkovich will also aid in the production and distribution of educational materials for the planned giving office.
"I had stayed involved with the University," Butkovich said. "Getting this job was a perfect marriage. I had a familiarity with fundraising as a volunteer with the development office and through Habitat for Humanity."
A former resident of Farley Hall, Butkovich graduated from Notre Dame in 1963 and went on to receive a law degree at the Salmon P. Chase School of law in Cincinnati in 1968.
He practiced with the Cincinnati law firm, Butkovich, Schimpf, Schimpf, and Ginocchio for 25 years until 1995. He volunteered for the University's Development Office as Cincinnati's regional chairman of the Strategic Moment Campaign and recently served as executive director of Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County. He and his wife, Mary Ann, have three children, two of whom are Notre Dame graduates.
All News Stories for Friday, September 8, 2000
